Week Seven Class

This week's field trip to East Middle School gave me a more thorough understanding of how a librarian can prove their worth to their educational community.  When we first started walking through the collection, I was pretty shocked with how out-dated the materials were, but it was soon obvious that this library was not a collection of books-- this library was a librarian.  I loved that neglected students felt safe and important in the library.  I loved that teachers were constantly walking in and out.  I loved that Rachel could go on and on about everything she was involved in.  I don't know how she does it, but I am amazed at the number of opportunities that she has found to serve her school.  You can tell that her motivation isn't to prove that she should have a job; she is seriously concerned with making her school a better place to learn.